Re: Feeding alfalfa when it is cold

[Susan Evans Garlinghouse <suendavid@worldnet.att.net>]

guest@endurance.net wrote:
 They (my 4 yo
> gelding) get really cranked with fresh
> alfalfa and is quite obnoxious.  Back
> to the grass hay and everything is
> fine.  My girlfriend used to live and
> goes back to ND and rides arabs and she
> says they are so well behaved on grass
> that she is astounded, not like our
> arabs that are quite obnoxious and hard
> to handle.  Has anyone else noticed
> this?  Janet

Yes---every equine nutritionist who's been asked to evaluate the diet of
a really grumpy, hot horse.  90% of the time, reducing or eliminating
the alfalfa solves the problem.

Susan G